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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1943
Page
8
Sam Blair confronts police chief Elson as a quiet Express office finds Parker's death leaving his willless estate to a NYC linked niece Myra Rose. She declares kinship, asserts control, while Dave realizes a new conflict over Parker's inheritance and possible family rivalry unfolds.
Dave Elson confronts Mrs. Rose over her plan to sell the estate and house after the murder threats tied to a secret story about his uncle Joe Par. He vows to buy the Express for Pat, while the room’s bystanders react to the volley of tension and power.
Pat senses tension as Dave announces ambition to buy the Parker Express. Aunt Sarah Harrington reacts with tempered emotion while Dave confides about Myra Rose's arrival and sale terms. George Rand visits seeking Sam Blair, heightening Pat's unease as the scene nears a critical confrontation.
Rep Jed Johnson demands that the wartime price policy be reopened arguing oil is essential to the war effort and warns Congress will challenge the administration if the 35 cent per barrel oil price increase is rejected. He cites coal price increases as undermining the held line stance. Also reports KIA Lee Ingram and wounded Captain Robert N Page.
The navy reported Aviation Radioman 3/c James from Muskogee was killed in action in Washington Delaware. The casualty details follow ongoing military acknowledgments and next of kin notices.
The Senate interstate commerce committee approved a resolution to raise wages by 8 cents an hour for 1,100,000 nonoperating railroad workers. Vinson had rejected the 8-cent boost, favoring a sliding scale of four to ten cents, a plan unions rejected leading to a strike vote.
President Truman told newsmen he would push the August agreement at the earliest opportunity and expressed willingness to settle the matter out of Congress. He framed the move as an expedited path to settlement and indicated accessibility to bilateral talks.
Oklahoma's 183 state banks reported larger cash and government securities in recent months. State Bank Commissioner Carl Sebring released figures from the October call showing total resources of 149 963 915.04 and total deposits of 139 443 49 60 with increases in demand deposits and U S government and postal savings.
R Olsen of Oklahoma City files suit in P A district court against Lloyd Catlin and Clyde R Nuckols claiming planes disturbed his country home by roaring and wobbling overhead often at 90 feet. He alleges the defendants leased the field in 1942 to train civilian pilots and seeks 10000 dollars in damages.
Associated Press war analyst Dewitt Mackenzie weighs whether unconditional German surrender is best to end the conflict. He argues peace too soon could ignite a larger future war, urging harsh shock to Germany and continued Allied military pressure to reform Prussia and deter future aggression.
O T Hunt describes a five month old White Rock hen laying an 8 3/4 inch long egg with a 6 3/4 inch circumference and a single yolk. He suspects no fluster among the flock and notes the egg as a remarkable farm product amid wartime timings. Additionally, army Air Forces planes can capture tire tracks from 30 000 feet.
Special to NEA with the Fifth Army in Italy describes a hillside graveyard where a colonel and a private lie side by side, both killed in the same battle, illustrating no ranks among the fallen. It details cemeteries at Mt Soprano Pastreum Altavilla and annulo, with Italian civilians placing flowers, and explains burial procedures, identification tags, and centralized burial and effects.
NEA Service recalls Rome's long history of invasions from Celts to Visigoths and Vandals. As Allied forces advance, editors fear Rome may be sacked again or saved, hoping the Eternal City endures its perilous moment and the Pope remains safe.
American heavy bombers conducted a daylight attack on Western Germany marking the fourth straight day of round the clock bombing. The operation involved Marauder medium aircraft hitting Northern France air fields with RAF and Allied escorts.
Patchogue resident Mary Kane notes Pete the four year old Pomeranian traveled solo from Norfolk Virginia to Patchogue over three weeks. The dog crossed rivers rode a 20 mile ferry and followed a coastal trail to reach his anxious owners Alfred and Mrs Staud. A spokesman for the American Kennel Club says dogs sometimes show strong instinct to get home.
The article contrasts Magellan's 1120 day circumnavigation with today’s five day globe flight time. It notes war bond sales at a Long Beach rally where Betty Grable nylon stockings sold for 40000 in war bonds.
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